[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1463-1464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-641]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Proposed Collection: Comment Request; NIH Intramural Research 
Training Award, Program Application
SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 
the paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment 
on proposed data collection projects, the Office of the Director, 
National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of 
proposed projects to be submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and approval.

PROPOSED COLLECTION: Title: NIH Intramural Research Training Award, 
Program Application. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision 
of OMB No. 0925-0299; 4/30/97. Need and Use of Information Collection: 
The proposed information collection activity is for the purpose of 
collecting data related to the availability of training fellowships 
under the NIH Intramural Research Training Award Program. This 
information must be submitted in order to receive due consideration for 
an award and will be used to determine the eligibility and quality of 
potential awardess. Frequency of Response: On occasion. Affected 
Public: Individuals or households. Type of Respondents: Postdoctoral, 
Predoctoral, Supplemental, Technical,

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Summer, and Student Support IRTA applicants. Estimated Number of 
Respondents: 12110. Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 1. 
Average Burden Hours Per Response: 54. Estimated Total Annual Burden 
House Requested: 6542.
    There are no Capital Costs, Operating Costs, and/or Maintenance 
Costs to report.

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                                                                                                      Estimated 
                                                                            Estimated     Average       total   
                                                              Estimated     number of      burden       annual  
                    Type of respondents                       number of     responses    hours per      burden  
                                                             respondents       per        response      hours   
                                                                           respondent                 requested 
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Postdoctoral IRTA..........................................          600          1               1          600
Predoctoral IRTA...........................................          100          1               1          100
Supplemental IRTA..........................................           10          1               1           10
Technical IRTA.............................................           60          1               1           60
Summer IRTA................................................         3000          1               1         3000
Student Support IRTA.......................................           30          1               1           30
References.................................................         8310  ............          .33         2742
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    Total..................................................        12110          1             .54         6542
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Request for Comments
    Written comments and/or suggestions from the public and affected 
agencies are invited on one or more of the following points: (1) 
Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the 
proper performance of the agency, including whether the information 
will have practical utility; (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate 
of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, 
utility, and the clarity of information to be collected; and (4) Ways 
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who 
are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
instruments, contact: Yetta Patterson, Personnel Management Specialist, 
Office of Human Resource Management, OD, NIH, Building 31, Room 1C39, 
31 Center Drive MSC 2272, Bethesda, MD 20892-2272.
COMMENTS DUE DATE: Comments regarding this information collection are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 60 days of 
the date of this publication.
    Dated: December 26, 1996.
Marvene S. Horwitz,
Acting Director, Office of Human Resource Management.
[FR Doc. 97-641 Filed 1-9-97; 8:45 am]
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